The mandated sex-education program for New York City public school students emphasizes the “normalcy” of teen sexual activity in order to capitalize on the vulnerable middle and high-school years, when teenagers will do almost anything to achieve “normalcy” among their peers.

These programs by means of mere suggestion and blatant validation of sexual “choices,” psychologically impact youth into succumbing to peer pressure in regard to their sexuality rather than giving them the tools to resist peer pressure.

The hypothetical student scenarios are focused on students who choose sexual activity over abstinence. Even the scenario of an eighth-grade girl being pressured by an older boyfriend to have sex, is given the advice that “she should wait until she feels ready.”

It’s all about “feeling” ready.

The distinction between sexual behavior (which is seen as healthy and normal) and sexual appetite (which is healthy only if restrained) is not even addressed.

Only an abstinence program will teach the latter and promote healthy sexual development.